Hemaluan
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| Hemaluan | |
|---|---|
| ヘーマヌー語 | |
| Pronunciation | [heːmaluːˈgo] |
| Created by | Dillon Hartwig |
| Date | 2021 |
| Setting | Okinawa Prefecture, Japan |
Austronesian
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Hemaluan /həˈmɑluən, heɪməˈluən/ (Hemaluan: ヘーマヌー語 [heːmaluːˈgo]) is an Austronesian language spoken on Hateruma.
Etymology
Hemaluan is from ヘーマヌー (hēmalū) "Hateruma", from Proto-Austronesian *qayam-banua.
Orthography
Hemaluan is written with Katakana and Kanji.
And is romanized as follows:
| A a | Ā ā | B b | Ch ch | D d | E e | Ē ē | Ë ë |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| /a/ | /aː/ | /b/ | /t͡ʃ/ | /d/ | /e/ | /eː/ | /ə/ |
| Ê ê | G g | H h | I i | Ī ī | Ï ï | Î î | J j |
| /əː/ | /g/ | /h/ | /i/ | /iː/ | /ɨ/ | /ɨː/ | /d͡ʒ/ |
| K k | L l | M m | N n | Ng ng | Ny ny | O o | Ō ō |
| /k/ | /l/ | /m/ | /n/ | /ŋ/ | /ɲ/ | /o/ | /oː/ |
| R r | S s | Sh sh | T t | U u | Ū ū | W w | Y y |
| /r/ | /s/ | /ʃ/ | /t/ | /u/ | /uː/ | /w/ | /j/ |
Phonology
Consonants
Vowels
Prosody
Words bear final stress.
Phonotactics
Hemaluan maximal syllables are CVC.